The Gem Hunt
America decides what makes the map.
Every state has a spot the algorithms miss — the one locals send strangers to. Name it. Vote on the finalists. The winners get built into Roamward, the scenic road-trip app that proves you actually went. No download required to play.
Nominate
What does Tennessee do better than anywhere?
One hidden gem — a place a chatbot would never know. The most-named spots become finalists, and the crowd votes the winner into Roamward.
Vote
Tennessee gems, most-loved first
- 1Billy Tripp's MindfieldA towering, ever-growing maze of welded steel — one artist's autobiography in metal — rising over downtown Brownsville in West Tennessee's flatlands.
- 2The Lost SeaAmerica's largest underground lake, explored by glass-bottom boat deep inside a cavern in Sweetwater, an easy detour off I-75 in East Tennessee.
- 3Salt and Pepper Shaker MuseumA rustic Gatlinburg building holding more than 20,000 sets of salt-and-pepper shakers from around the world — endearingly obsessive and oddly mesmerizing in the Smokies foothills.
- 4Ellie the ElephantA 25-foot pink elephant smiling beside the road in Cookeville, a free and cheerful photo stop on the Cumberland Plateau between Nashville and Knoxville.
- 5World's Largest Cedar BucketA massive antique cedar bucket — once thought lost to a fire and lovingly rebuilt — on display in Murfreesboro, a quick quirky stop in the middle of the state.
- 6Foster FallsA 60-foot plunge that drops straight off the Cumberland Plateau into a turquoise pool ringed by sandstone cliffs, with a short boardwalk to the overlook in South Cumberland State Park near Monteagle.
- 7Lodge Museum of Cast IronIn the little factory town of South Pittsburg, this museum traces American cooking through the skillet, anchored by an 18-foot, seven-ton cast iron pan billed as the world's largest.
- 8Bell Witch CaveA real cave on the old Bell farmstead in Adams, north of Nashville, tied to one of America's most famous haunting legends, with cave and log-cabin tours on summer weekends.
- 9Pinson Mounds State Archaeological ParkA 2,000-year-old Native American mound complex outside Jackson where you can climb the 72-foot Saul's Mound for a platform view, with six miles of quiet trails and a museum.
- 10West Tennessee Delta Heritage CenterA Brownsville roadside stop bundling small museums for hometown legend Tina Turner and Delta bluesman Sleepy John Estes, plus the cotton and river history of the region.
Not your state’s turn yet?
Want Roamward to map Tennessee next?
Add your vote — the loudest state gets mapped first.
How it works
Nominate
Drop the most underrated spot in your state — the gem an itinerary generator would never surface.
The crowd ranks it
Name a place someone already nominated and it rises. The most-loved gems become the state’s finalists.
Vote the winner in
Finalists go to a public vote. Winners get built into Roamward — credited to the people who found them.
Go verify it
Drive it, GPS-verify the stop, earn the badge, and share the map that proves you were first.
Don’t miss the winners
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